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Taxation and vacant properties

Mon, Sep 24, 2018, 00:02

Sir, – Perhaps a new higher rate of capital gains tax to apply to properties which are listed on the vacant sites register would discourage land hoarding. A rate of 95 per cent would surely be motivation to either sell or develop. – Yours, etc,